| Friday, February 17, 2006 |
| Intel’s Averill Platform Revealed |
A new detail revealed regarding Intel’s plan to manufacture a Centrino-like PC platform with a codename ‘Averill’. It appears Averill will show up in two types, Pro and Fundamental. Both will be incorporate the upcoming Windows Vista and has been said that it will also integrate the future generation of Intel Active Management Technology plus LaGrande, a new security system that has been held up because of Windows Vista late release.
Averill Pro will be based on Intel's next-generation architecture desktop chip, the dual-core, 65nm 'Conroe' processor, due to ship in Q3. The specification will also include the upcoming Q965 'Broadwater' chipset. Averill Fundamental is based on the current generation Pentium D processor and the Q963 chipset. Both chipsets will support DDR 2 SDRAM, with the Q965 running memory clocked up to 800MHz, while the Q963 tops out at 667MHz. Both parts can host a 1066MHz frontside bus.
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posted by Forsaken Angel @ 2/17/2006 02:34:00 AM  
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